View o governmt. We are funded by these telesi companies and more, including cox. This syndrome is extremely rare. Hi but friends dont have to be. This is joe. When you are connected, you are not alone. Cox support cspan as a Public Service along with these other television dividers giving you a front row seat to democracy. The house today passing a shortterm 45day government funding measure that includes Disaster Relief and continues current spending on ukraine. Here is a look at the debate. Ths ago when republicans took back the majority in the house, our commitment was to regular order for proceedings. No more omnibus measures released in the dead of night, no more Christmas Eve votes on thousands of pages of texts that members of congress have not read. Unfortunately, there were a few stumbling blocks as we sought to change the process. For example, the administrations budget request was more than a month late. It then took months for the president to come to the table on the debt
Recognition . Madam speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 5860. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 5860, a bill making continuing proceedings for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuan t to the rule, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Grainger, and the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. Delauro, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. Ms. Grainger i rise in support of h. R. 5860, a bill that keeps the government open until november 17. While id rather be speaking on the hill about final Appropriations Bills, i want members to understand what passing the short term funding bill today is so important. First i want to explain how we find ourselves in this situation. Just nine months ago when republicans took back the majority in the house, our commitment was to regular order for proceedings. No more omnibus measures released in the dead of night, no m
While id rather be speaking on the hill about final Appropriations Bills, i want members to understand what passing the short term funding bill today is so important. I want to explain how we find ourselves in this situation, just nine months ago house, our commitment was to regular order for proceedings. No more omnibus measures released in the dead of night, no more Christmas Eve votes on thousands of pages of texts that members of congress have not read. Unfortunately, there were a few stumbling blocks as we sought to change the process. For example, the administrations budget request was more than a month late. It then took months for the president to come to the table on the debt ceiling negotiations. But even before the debt sealing agreement spending framework was in place, the Appropriations Committee got to work. In fact, this year we held more than 70 hearings. We reviewed roughly 80,000 requests for members. We listened and then we acted. We began markups in may five months
Virginia. Military operations key in that part of the country. Front page of the morning journal out of ohio. Lawmakers split on party lines on the president s performance. One more from the front page of ews, with ames n picture of the president. If you want to join our conversation, democrats, republicans, independents. A special line for federal workers. As you are calling in all morning, we have been helped out ta bringing us up to date on the latest. The first headline you read, we could learn more when the senate convenes this morning at noon eastern time. That will be our coverage on cspan2. They will talk about a possible deal through february 8 to open the Government Act up and fund it through february 8. The house came in and now they are in recess. Lawmakers remain in washington during the Government Shutdown. The fingerpointing, as you read in one of the newspapers, is happening on twitter as well. Speaker of the government is needlessly shut down because Senate Democrats n
Q a. Discussionit next, a of federal employees and how they relate to President Trumps decision to maintain control of his Business Operations while in office. Speakers include the former director of the office of government ethics, New York University brendans institute in washington, d. C. Hosting this 90minute event. Center in washington, d. C. , hosting this event. I am with the Brennan Center for justice. The cohosts ofk this event this afternoon and for being such a great partner to the Brennan Center for justice. On behalf of the Brennan Center, we are pleased you have joined us for what we know is an exciting conversation on president ial ethics law, and this is a particularly good time to have this discussion. The Brennan Center, for those of you who do not know, seeks to improve our broken systems of justice and democracy, and we like to use advocacy, research, and strategic negotiations to do just that. We work on what we think are very cutting edge issues, such as voting ri